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o. A. SUMMIT. I WEATHER BOARDING GAGE.-

Patented July '6, 1886.

Nrr STATES PAT NT QFFICEQ CHRISTIAN A. SUMMIT, OF SPENCER, INDIANA, Asstenoa OF ONE-HALF TO noBEET CHAMBERS, or SAME PLACE.

WEATHER-BOARDiNG GAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part 01' Letters Patent No. 345,261, dated July 6, 1826.

Application fill d April 6, 1886.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN A. SUMMIT, of Spencer, in the county of Owen and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WVeather-Boarding Gages; and Idohereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,\vhieh form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improved weather-boarding gage in operation. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the gage detached, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to that class of gages and supports for weather-boarding in which an upwardly-projecting flat hook or blade may be inserted up between the lower edge of a board and the board below it, and be held there, and in which this hook or flat blade is provided with asuitable adjustable support for holding a board while being nailed to the frame of the house; and it consists-in the improved construction and combination of parts of such a gage or support, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates a metallic bar formed with an inwardly-projecting and upwardly bent fiat hook, B, at its lower end, and with a handle, 0, at the outer side of the lower end, by means of which handle the gage may be manipulated and the flat hook forced up under the lower edge of aboard. The upper end of the bar having the hook is provided with one or more screw-threaded perforations, D, into which a thumb-screw, E, having a collar, F, fits and turns. Alongitudinally-slotted bar, G, bears against the top of the bar A, which is slightly bent outward, and slides upon the thumbscrew at the outer side of the bar, and maybe adjusted with its slot by means of the nut; and

a plate, H, is pivoted with its laterally-bent flange, I, to the upper end of this slotted bar. The inner edge of this-plate has a recess, J,

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which forms shoulders K K at its ends, and the said shoulders are of a sufficient width to admit of the lower edge of a weather-board or clapboard of the usual thickness to rest upon them. A scratch-aw], L, is suspended bya chain, M, from the slotted bar.

When the device is in operation, the slotted bar is first adjusted so as to bring the lower shoulder of the pivoted plate at the desired distance from the lower edge of a board a short distance below, the said distance being the distance from the lower edge of one board to the lower edge of the board to be nailed on next, and when the slotted bar has been adjusted to this point and secured by means of the nut the flat book may be inserted under the lower edge of a board at a suitable distance below the 'point where the ncxtboard is to be nailed. The set-screw is screwed in for the purpose of forcing the hook to bind against the board with its end, and the clapboard is hereupon placed with its lower edge resting upon the lower shoulder of the pivoted plate. The board will thus be supported and may be nailed to the frame of the building, and if the board is too long the scratch-awl may be used for markingtlie place for cutting it off, using the pivoted plate as a guide.

Having thus described myinvention, Iclaim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1. In a gage and support for weather-boarding, the combination of a fiat bar having the lower end bent inward and upward to form a flat hook,.and having a perforation at its upper end, with a thumbfserew fitting and turning in the perforation in the upper end of the bar, a bar the lower end of which is slotted, and a notched plate pivotally secured to its upper end, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

2. In a gage and supportforweather-boarding, the combination of a flat bar having its upper end bent slightly outward and an ininwardlyprojecting upwardly-pointing fiat hook at its lower end, and having a screwthreaded perforation near its upper end, a setscrew fitting and turning in the perforation, and having a nut upon its outer end, and a longitudinally-slotted gage-bar sliding upon the screw,and having the nut adjusting it, and a notched plate pivotally secured to the upper end of said gage-bar, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

3. In a gage and supportfor weather-boarding, the combination ofa flat bar having a handle at its lower end and an inwardly-projecting and upwardly-pointing flat hook, and formed with screw-threaded perforations in its upper end, a set screw fitting and turning in the perforation, and having a nut upon its outer portion, a slotted gage-bar sliding upon the set-screw, and having the nut adjusting it, 

